St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-23
THE LIVELY FIRST.

The Meeting at Tobim's Rink a wild
and Turbulent 0ne--VariOnsG Other
Political Gatherings.
The meeting of the First ward Irish cit
liens at Tobin's rink last night to select a
candidate Cor alderman TO be presented to
the city Democratic convention was nor as
harmonious as it might have been, and
came near breaking up with a ''wow and
a wumpuS." By o'clock the street in
front of the rink was black with men
who filed into the rink, depoSiting
their votes as they went in. The
candidates for the Endorsement We're Hugh
Butler, S. j. Mccarthy and John Morton,
and when the votes were counted Butler
had 143, Mccarthy 1876 and Norton Al. The
tellerS were II. Malone, NJ. Tobn. Andrew
DOlan, James Sullivan and Matt Neary, and
when the result of the ballot was announced
howl arose that shook the building and
caused the tellers to wish that some one
else was in their place. THAT don't go"
shouted one man, jumping on a
bench and waving his hat frantically.
We don't want any ballot
box stutfing here and we wont
have it, either" A general row (ot words)
ensued, in which it was charged that both
Butler and Mccarthy had hired men to stuff
after another took the stand and Swore
that they had seen nothing crooked. They
were greeted by yells of derision and cat
calls. which the chairman, A. l.. Lennon,
was powerleSS to suppress. Finally some
fifty of Buffers votes and about twelve of
NOrton's were thrown out as illegal. Again
the building resounded with howlS and
yellS. Butler made a short speech, declar-
ing that the whole business was
an outrage and disgrace. He
said that there was an agree
ment between himself and the other gen.
tlemen. whereby the two having the low
est number of votes were to drop out. But,
he added so long as the audience appeared
to think that crooked work had been done
ne would withdraw from this meeting and
do the best he could in the caucus. Norton
followed with few remarks. i'll which he
said that the proceedings had been a dis
grace to the First ward. He did not want.
he said, to be mixed up with men who
would descend so low as to
stuff the ballot-boX, and there
fore withdrew from the race entirely.
This drew ont another round tOf applause
and wells. and cries of Good for you, old
boy" echoed through the hail. A motion
to adjourn was put and lost, and for time
it looked as though there would be a free
fight. Chairman Lennon called Tor order
until he was red in the face and pounded
the table until the floor shook, but to no
avail. The gallant First warders had to
have their fun. and they had it with a ven-
geance Amid wild yellS some one
made a motion that MI. Mccarthy be de-
clared the unanimous choice of the meeting.
This was seconded by hundred voices.
and on the question being put by the chair
yVaS unanimously carried. Cheering o.
from the Mccarthy faction greeted this bit
of diplomacy, and the meeting adjourned
to the street, where groups Of men dis
cuSsed politics until the officer OH the beat
threatened to run them in if they
did not move on. During the
meeting. Joe Ellis. one OF the nine
Republican voters in the ward, was charged
with starting the whole trouble, but there is
no foundation for this, as he did not put
in an appearance until long after the row
was in progress. 1t is claimed that Butler
is the choice of the French and German
residents of the ward, and that unless he is
put up as the candidate they will run man
OF their own choosing.
CONSIDERS HIMSELF INDORSED.
After the meeting Hugh Butler and sew
eral of his friends came to the GLOBE office
and claimed they had not received fair
treatment in the count. Butler says the
Judges ruled out at least forty of his friends
as not being legal voters, and, not content
with that, refused to count about 125 OF his
ballots which were deposited in the box.
He also claims that men were imported
into the ward in the interest of other can
didateS. Butler now announces that he
considered himself regularly indOrSed by the
meeting and will go into the caucus next
Saturday as the Irish candidate.